The People's Hero Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 Just now, Leicesterpool said: Does anyone think Harry Kane will still be at Tottenham next season or is he there for life. Genuinely not sure how much longer his body can likely keep playing football at the rate he does. Big concern over his ankles AND his knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammo Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 2 minutes ago, Finnegan said: I think I'm pretty damn consistent to be honest. It's something I'm pretty militant about, even when our lot do it. I'm aware that sometimes a player can be running at considerable speed and it doesn't take a heavy touch on the ankle to put them off balance, so it's not like a demand a hideously crunching tackle before I'll accept that something's a foul. But I'm so, so, so tired of seeing any old slight brush of contact used to justify players launching themselves to the ground for a penalty. It's gotten worse since VAR because VAR refuses to make any subjective call on it, so if they see a pixel of one player graze another they'll not over-rule anything. It's utterly hideous, it's a complete epidemic that's been infecting the game for most of my adult life and gets progressively worse. Well said. Unfortunately there is no resistance to this ‘epidemic’ as you call it - either from the refereeing fraternity or from pundits in the media. It has sadly become widely accepted - encouraged even - that any contact, however minimal, justifies a player ‘going to ground’. It’s basically institutionalised con artistry, and I hate it as much as you obviously do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 1 minute ago, The People's Hero said: Genuinely not sure how much longer his body can likely keep playing football at the rate he does. Big concern over his ankles AND his knees. One of them gives in almost on a 6 monthly basis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue ROI Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 1 hour ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: Dare I say we saw the best of Kante whilst he was with us, maybe his first season at Chelsea was on par but since then he’s been on a downward spiral. He's past his best now but he was very good from the time he joined us up until the World Cup. He's still the most successful of the post-title high profile transfers out by a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 I don't understand why they referred to this as the hardest bit of analysis Jenas has had to do. If he can't rip apart his ex team, he shouldn't be a pundit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacamion Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 Jenas' accent is stronger because he's angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trabuch Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 3 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said: Does anyone think Harry Kane will still be at Tottenham next season or is he there for life. If he has any ambition he surely has to leave. But somehow I think he'll stay. He'd rather be a big fish in a small and rather stagnant pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammie82uk Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 3 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said: Does anyone think Harry Kane will still be at Tottenham next season or is he there for life. He’s there for life unless he runs down this contract to nothing as don’t see any other club buying him due to Dan Levy transfer fee demands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 Just now, Vacamion said: Jenas' accent is stronger because he's angry. WOTS GOOIN ON ART THEURR!? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 25 minutes ago, Vacamion said: Dier's kick on Warner was more of an obvious penalty than many I've seen recently. It looked a penalty straight off. If you shout dive at this, did you shout dive at all the others? It bloody hard to know whether a kick in the Achilles makes you fall or not imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopla10 Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 Spurs are genuinely awful. What is Jose doing? What's his plan? Is he in a Whatsapp group with Dyche and Allardyce? Inquiring minds want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 4 February 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 4 February 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Hammo said: It has sadly become widely accepted - encouraged even - that any contact, however minimal, justifies a player ‘going to ground’. It's now common place to actively celebrate it as clever play, I'm ****ing sick of hearing Jamie Carragher smugly claim that Sane or Salah have intelligently gone to ground. I cringe every, single time I hear a commentator or pundit hype up Grealish for being the "most fouled player in the league." He's not Messi, he's not even Eden Hazard, he's not ACTUALLY getting fouled*, he's a massive strong lad with incredible balance, an immense centre of gravity and ****ing ROOTED TREE TRUNKS OF POWER for legs who leaps shamelessly to the deck whenever someone is in his personal space. It is absolutely horrendous and he should be banned for life for any one of his dives. But they celebrate the fact he, basically, wins a lot of free kicks for his team by jumping on the floor like it's an asset that a team should strive to have. Completely disgusting. *I'm well aware Jack Grealish probably has been legitimately fouled once or twice. Edited 4 February 2021 by Finnegan 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammie82uk Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 5 minutes ago, Vacamion said: Jenas' accent is stronger because he's angry. Glad I get to watch the American adverts about a tablet that could solve one health issue but introduce 50 possible others then watch the BT pundits coverage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 I wonder if Bielsa would be tempted away from Leeds to Tottenham or is that a side step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 2 minutes ago, Finnegan said: It's now common place to actively celebrate it as clever play, I'm ****ing sick of hearing Jamie Carragher smugly claim that Sane or Salah have intelligently gone to ground. Absolutely hate this. "He's been street wise" Is another of my pet hates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry96 Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 Take great pleasure in watching mourinho do shit. He’s so past it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 2 minutes ago, Finnegan said: It's now common place to actively celebrate it as clever play, I'm ****ing sick of hearing Jamie Carragher smugly claim that Sane or Salah have intelligently gone to ground. I cringe every, single time I hear a commentator or pundit hype up Grealish for being the "most fouled player in the league." He's not Messi, he's not even Eden Hazard, he's not ACTUALLY getting fouled*, he's a massive strong lad with incredible balance, an immense centre of gravity and ****ing ROOTED TREE TRUNKS OF POWER for legs who leaps shamelessly to the deck whenever someone is in his personal space. It is absolutely horrendous and he should be banned for life for any one of his dives. But they celebrate the fact he, basically, wins a lot of free kicks for his team by jumping on the floor like it's an asset that a team should strive to have. Completely disgusting. *I'm well aware Jack Grealish probably has been legitimately fouled once or twice. It's not just grealish most the villa team are divers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammie82uk Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 4 minutes ago, Finnegan said: It's now common place to actively celebrate it as clever play, I'm ****ing sick of hearing Jamie Carragher smugly claim that Sane or Salah have intelligently gone to ground. I cringe every, single time I hear a commentator or pundit hype up Grealish for being the "most fouled player in the league." He's not Messi, he's not even Eden Hazard, he's not ACTUALLY getting fouled*, he's a massive strong lad with incredible balance, an immense centre of gravity and ****ing ROOTED TREE TRUNKS OF POWER for legs who leaps shamelessly to the deck whenever someone is in his personal space. It is absolutely horrendous and he should be banned for life for any one of his dives. But they celebrate the fact he, basically, wins a lot of free kicks for his team by jumping on the floor like it's an asset that a team should strive to have. Completely disgusting. *I'm well aware Jack Grealish probably has been legitimately fouled once or twice. I seen on sky sports news this morning that Grealish has been fouled nearly twice as much as Zaha who’s in second place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Md9 Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 It would probably cost spurs to much to sack Jose now so they could be stuck with him until the end of the season even if they don’t want him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 Mason Mount has 1 assist from open play this season. You can see why. His final ball is terrible. Get someone better at CAM and a good striker and Chelsea will be a serous team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 Jesus, only just managed to get internet connection back...how was that a pen and how was Glenn Hoddle so adament that it was Are we really as the stage where any contact now allows a player to throw themself to the floor (that kick wouldn't have knocked a kitten off it's stride) and then idiots on sky and BT claim it's clever play? Good god I can't wait till non league is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacamion Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 41 minutes ago, Finnegan said: There is not in a million years enough contact on Werner's foot to make him take off, spin fifty times in the air, flail all his limbs around, howl like he's been shot, land on the ground and roll eight times. It's a dive. It was, without doubt, stupidly clumsy defending but Werner wasn't actually impeded and he did throw himself on the floor. 38 minutes ago, Finnegan said: Yeah and you're 10000% wrong. Unfortunately, the law makers of football agree with you, which is why we still have simulation everywhere in football and nobody doing anything about it. 23 minutes ago, Finnegan said: I think I'm pretty damn consistent to be honest. It's something I'm pretty militant about, even when our lot do it. I'm aware that sometimes a player can be running at considerable speed and it doesn't take a heavy touch on the ankle to put them off balance, so it's not like a demand a hideously crunching tackle before I'll accept that something's a foul. But I'm so, so, so tired of seeing any old slight brush of contact used to justify players launching themselves to the ground for a penalty. It's gotten worse since VAR because VAR refuses to make any subjective call on it, so if they see a pixel of one player graze another they'll not over-rule anything. It's utterly hideous, it's a complete epidemic that's been infecting the game for most of my adult life and gets progressively worse. 7 minutes ago, Finnegan said: It's now common place to actively celebrate it as clever play, I'm ****ing sick of hearing Jamie Carragher smugly claim that Sane or Salah have intelligently gone to ground. I cringe every, single time I hear a commentator or pundit hype up Grealish for being the "most fouled player in the league." He's not Messi, he's not even Eden Hazard, he's not ACTUALLY getting fouled*, he's a massive strong lad with incredible balance, an immense centre of gravity and ****ing ROOTED TREE TRUNKS OF POWER for legs who leaps shamelessly to the deck whenever someone is in his personal space. It is absolutely horrendous and he should be banned for life for any one of his dives. But they celebrate the fact he, basically, wins a lot of free kicks for his team by jumping on the floor like it's an asset that a team should strive to have. Completely disgusting. *I'm well aware Jack Grealish probably has been legitimately fouled once or twice. Still an obvious correctly given penalty, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 3 minutes ago, filbertway said: Good god I can't wait till non league is back. It didn't really go away. National League is still being played... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxlong Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 Watching games involving other so called top teams makes me appreciate what good football we generally play now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 4 February 2021 Share Posted 4 February 2021 1 minute ago, Mike Oxlong said: Watching games involving other so called top teams makes me appreciate what good football we generally play now We are very far ahead right now. Just need to sustain it so that when those other teams become competitive again, we're still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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